Zips

v. move with a sharp hissing sound; move or accomplish speedily; fasten with a zipper; add zest, enliven; archive one or more files by means of a data compression format (Computers)

n. zero, nothing, zilch (Slang); whistling or hissing sound; energy, vigor, speed, swiftness; zipper

Zips (also Siggies or Geeps) is a slang term often used as a derogatory slur by Italian American mobsters in reference to immigrant Sicilian and Italian mafiosi. The name is said to have originated from mobsters' inability to understand the faster-speaking Sicilian dialects, which appeared to "zip" by. Other theories include pejorative uses such as Sicilians' appetite for ziti or their preference for silent, homemade zip guns. Ironically, the older Sicilian mafiosi of pre-Prohibition known as "Mustache Petes" (who eventually were deposed by American-born mobsters during the Castellammarese War) were also referred to as "zips".
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Noun
1. a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
(synonym) nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch
(hypernym) relative quantity
(hyponym) nihil
2. a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
(synonym) slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener
(hypernym) fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
(part-holonym) cardigan
(derivation) zip up, zipper
Verb
1. close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
(synonym) zip up, zipper
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(derivation) slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener
2. move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
(synonym) travel rapidly, speed, hurry
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) flit, flutter, fleet, dart

n. zipper, device used for fastening (pants, jackets, etc.); ZIP (Computers), extension ZIP, extension of an archived file compressed with the ZIP program

[Folklore] These small male faeries can be found in Mexico and Central America. Zips wear helmets and carry small spears, though they are very shy and tend to avoid humans. Zips care for and protect deer.